April 28 is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 247 days remaining. March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... For other uses, see April (disambiguation). ... Look up May in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... April 2 is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 273 days remaining. ... April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ... April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). ... April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). ... April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ... April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... April 8 is the 98th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (99th in leap years). ... April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ... April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). ... April 11 is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (102nd in leap years). ... April 12 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years). ... April 13 is the 103rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (104th in leap years). ... April 14 is the 104th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (105th in leap years). ... April 15 is the 105th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (106th in leap years). ... April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ... April 17 is the 107th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (108th in leap years). ... April 18 is the 108th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (109th in leap years). ... April 19 is the 109th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (110th in leap years). ... April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). ... April 21 is the 111th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (112th in leap years). ... April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). ... April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (114th in leap years). ... April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (115th in leap years). ... April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). ... April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (117th in leap years). ... April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 248 days remaining. ... April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ... April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... April 2006 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Events 1 April 2006 (Saturday) Marcos Pontes, Brazils first astronaut, reaches the International Space Station. ... April 28, 2005 (Thursday) Almost three months after the legislative election in Iraq, the National Assembly voted overwhelmingly to approve a Shia-led cabinet, establishing the first elected government in the history of Iraq. ... See also: April 27, 2004 - April 2004 - April 29, 2004 ROC presidential election, 2004: The High Court schedules a vote recount for 10 May. ... See also April 27, 2003 - April 2003 - April 29, 2003 Monday April 28, 22:30, Falluja, 50km from Iraq, American soldiers opened fire against a group of unarmed protesters, as a result 15 teenagers died and others resulted injured. ... A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing an extra day, week or month in order to keep the calendar year in sync with an astronomical or seasonal year. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Events

• 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, only days after his title to the throne is confirmed by election. The killing is carried out by Hashshashin.
• 1253 - Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, propounds Nam Myoho Renge Kyo for the first time and declares it to be the essence of Buddhism, in effect founding Nichiren Buddhism.
• 1788 - Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.
• 1789 - Mutiny on the HMS Bounty. Captain William Bligh and 18 sailors are set adrift and the rebel crew returns to Tahiti briefly and then sets sail for Pitcairn Island.
• 1796 - The Armistice of Cherasco is signed by Napoleon Bonaparte and Vittorio Amedeo III, the King of Sardinia, expanding French territory along the Mediterranean coast.
• 1862 - American Civil War: Admiral David Farragut captures New Orleans, Louisiana.
• 1920 - Azerbaijan is added to the Soviet Union.
• 1930 - The first night game in organized baseball history takes place in Independence, Kansas.
• 1932 - A vaccine for yellow fever is announced for use on humans.
• 1945 - Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci are executed by members of the Italian resistance movement.
• 1947 - Thor Heyerdahl and five crewmates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to prove that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.
• 1950 - King of Thailand, Bhumibol Adulyadej, got married with his queen, Queen Sirikit, after their quiet engagement in Lausanne, Switzerland on July 19, 1949.
• 1952 - Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Commander of NATO.
• 1952 - Occupied Japan: The United States occupation of Japan ends.
• 1965 - United States troops land in the Dominican Republic to "forestall establishment of a Communist dictatorship" and to evacuate U.S. citizens.
• 1967 - Expo 67 opens in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
• 1969 - Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of France.
• 1970 - Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon formally authorizes American combat troops to fight communist sanctuaries in Cambodia.
• 1977 - The Red Army Faction trial ends, with Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin and Jan-Carl Raspe found guilty of four counts of murder and more than 30 counts of attempted murder.
• 1977 - The Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure is signed.
• 1978 - President of Afghanistan Mohammed Daoud Khan is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels.
• 1981 - Galician current Statute of Autonomy.
• 1986 - United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise becomes the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to transit the Suez Canal, navigating from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea to relieve USS Coral Sea, on station across the "Line of Death" in the Gulf of Sidra off the coast of Libya. The transit began at 0300 and lasted 12 hours.
• 1987 - U.S. engineer Ben Linder is killed in an ambush by U.S.-funded Contras in northern Nicaragua.
• 1988 - Near Maui, Hawaii, a flight attendant is sucked out of Aloha Flight 243, a Boeing 737, and falls to her death when an upper part of the plane's cabin area rips off in mid-flight. Metal fatigue is later found to be the cause of the failure.
• 1994 - Former Central Intelligence Agency official Aldrich Ames pleads guilty to giving U.S. secrets to the Soviet Union and later Russia.
• 1996 - Whitewater scandal: President Bill Clinton gives 4 1/2 hour videotaped testimony for the defense.
• 1996 - Port Arthur massacre: Martin Bryant kills 35 people and wounds another 18 in Tasmania, Australia.
• 1997 - The 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention goes into effect. Russia, Iraq and North Korea were notable nations who had not ratified the treaty.
• 2001 - Millionaire Dennis Tito becomes the world's first space tourist.
• 2003 - Apple Computer's iTunes Music Store launches, selling 1 million songs in its first week.
• 2005 - The Patent Law Treaty goes into effect.

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A vaccine is an antigenic preparation used to produce active immunity to a disease, in order to prevent or ameliorate the effects of infection by any natural or wild strain of the organism. ... This article is about modern humans. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (July 29, 1883 – April 28, 1945) led Italy from 1922 to 1943. ... Clara Petacci (Claretta Petacci) (February 28, 1912 – April 28, 1945) was a young Roman girl from an upper-class family who became Benito Mussolinis mistress. ... Partisans parading in Milan The Italian resistance movement was a partisan force during World War II. It became massive after the capitulation of the Italian Royal Army on September 8, 1943. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Thor Heyerdahl Thor Heyerdahl (October 6, 1914 in Larvik, Norway–April 18, 2002 in Colla Micheri, Italy) was a Norwegian marine biologist with a great interest in anthropology, who became famous for his Kon-Tiki Expedition in which he sailed by raft 4,300 miles from South America to the... The Kon-Tiki raft is shown on the cover of the DVD of the documentary. ... Polynesia is generally defined as the islands within the triangle Polynesia (from Greek: πολύς many, νῆσος island) is a large grouping of over 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Chakri dynasty have ruled Thailand since king Taksin was declared mad in 1782. ... King Bhumibol Adulyadej, officially styled the Great (Thai: ภูมิพลอดุลยเดช; IPA: ; ) (born December 5, 1927), also known as King Rama IX and the Ninth Rama, has been King of Thailand since 9 June 1946. ... Her Majesty Queen Sirikit (born August 12, 1932), is the wife and Queen Consort of Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX), King of Thailand. ... Lausanne is a city in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, situated on the shores of Lake Geneva (French: Lac Léman), and facing Évian-les-Bains (France) and with the Jura hills to its north. ... July 19 is the 200th day (201st in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 165 days remaining. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Dwight David Ike Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American soldier and politician. ... Supreme Commander is a computer game of the real-time strategy (RTS) genre, developed by Chris Taylors Gas Powered Games and slated for release sometime in 2007. ... NATO 2002 Summit in Prague The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, the Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance, is an international organisation for collective security established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, DC, on 4 April 1949. ... At the end of the Second World War, Japan was occupied by the Allied Powers. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Communism - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... 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The President of France, known officially as the President of the Republic (Président de la République in French), is Frances elected Head of State. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) United States of America South Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand the Philippines Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) National Liberation Front (Viet Cong) Strength ~1,200,000 (1968) ~420,000 (1968) Casualties South Vietnamese dead: 230,000 South Vietnamese wounded: 300,000 US dead... For the pop band, see Presidents of the United States of America. ... Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. ... Communism - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... RAF Logo with red star and MP5 The Red Army Faction (in German: Rote Armee Fraktion; RAF), was postwar Western Germanys most active left-wing insurgent organization. ... Andreas Baader Andreas Baader (May 6, 1943 - October 18, 1977) was the first leader of the German revolutionary organization Red Army Faction, commonly known as the Baader-Meinhof gang. ... Gudrun Ensslin Gudrun Ensslin (August 15, 1940 - October 18, 1977) was a founder of the German terrorist group Rote Armee Fraktion (RAF), better known as the Baader-Meinhof Gang. ... Jan-Carl Raspe Jan-Carl Raspe (July 24, 1944 - October 18, 1977) was a member of the German militant group, the Red Army Faction. ... Murder is both a legal and a moral term, that are not always coincident. ... The Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure, or Budapest Treaty, is an international treaty signed in Budapest, Hungary, on April 28, 1977. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... The President of Afghanistan is Afghanistans head of state, head of government, and the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. ... Sardar Mohammed Daoud Khan[1] (July 18, 1909 – April 28, 1978), son of Sardar Mohammed Aziz Khan and grandson of Sardar Mohammed Yusuf Khan was an Afghan statesman and President of the Republic of Afghanistan from 1973 until his assassination in 1978 as a result of a revolution led... Jack Ruby murdered the assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, in a very public manner. ... A coup détat, or simply a coup, is the sudden overthrow of a government, usually done by a small group that just replaces the top power figures. ... 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Benjamin Ernest Linder (July 7, 1959 — April 28, 1987), born in California, was a young American engineer who was killed in an ambush by a group of CIA-funded Contras while working on a small hydroelectric dam that was to bring electricity and running water to a village in the... The Contras (from the Spanish term La Contra, short for movement of the contrarrevolucionarios, meaning counter-revolutionaries) were the armed opponents of Nicaraguas Sandinista Junta of National Reconstruction following the July 1979 overthrow of Anastasio Somoza Debayle and the ending of the Somoza familys 43-year rule. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Maui is also the name of the mythological demigod of various Polynesian cultures, including that of ancient Hawai‘i; see Maui (mythology). ... 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Chemical Weapons Convention Opened for signature January 13, 1993 at Paris Entered into force April 29, 1997 Conditions for entry into force Ratification by 50 states and the convening of a Preperatory Commission Parties 170 The Chemical Weapons Convention is an arms control agreement which outlaws the production, stockpiling and... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... A millionaire is a person who has a net worth or wealth of more than one million United States dollars, euros, British pounds or units of a comparably valued currency. ... Dennis Tito Dennis Tito (born August 8, 1940 in Queens, New York) is a United States multimillionaire who gained celebrity status by becoming the first space tourist to pay for his own ticket. ... Space tourism is the recent phenomenon of space travel by individuals for the purpose of personal pleasure. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Apple Computer, Inc. ... 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Births

• 1442 - King Edward IV of England (d. 1483)
• 1630 - Charles Cotton, English poet (d. 1687)
• 1686 - Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1721)
• 1715 - Franz Sparry, composer (d. 1767)
• 1758 - James Monroe, 5th President of the United States (d. 1831)
• 1819 - Ezra Abbot, American Bible scholar (d. 1884)
• 1838 - Tobias Michael Carel Asser, Dutch jurist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1913)
• 1868 - Lucy Booth, the fifth daughter of William and Catherine Booth (d. 1953)
• 1874 - Karl Kraus, Austrian journalist and author (d. 1936)
• 1878 - Lionel Barrymore, American actor (d. 1954)
• 1886 - Ğabdulla Tuqay, Russian poet (d. 1913)
• 1889 - António de Oliveira Salazar, dictator of Portugal (d. 1970)
• 1900 - Jan Oort, Dutch astronomer (d. 1992)
• 1903 - Johan Borgen, Norwegian author (d. 1979)
• 1906 - Kurt Gödel, Austrian mathematician (d. 1978)
• 1906 - Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor (d. 1999)
• 1908 - Oskar Schindler, Austrian businessman and anti-Nazi resistance worker (d. 1974)
• 1912 - Odette Sansom, French resistance worker (d. 1995)
• 1916 - Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian automobile manufacturer (d. 1993)
• 1921 - Rowland Evans, American journalist and commentator (d. 2001)
• 1924 - Kenneth Kaunda, President of Zambia
• 1926 - Harper Lee, American author
• 1928 - Yves Klein, French painter (d. 1962)
• 1928 - Eugene M. Shoemaker, American planetary scientist (d. 1997)
• 1930 - James Baker, American politician
• 1930 - Carolyn Jones, American actress (d. 1983)
• 1937 - Saddam Hussein, former leader of Iraq
• 1938 - Madge Sinclair, Jamaican actress (d. 1995)
• 1941 - Ann-Margret, Swedish-born actress
• 1941 - K. Barry Sharpless, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1943 - Jacques Dutronc, French singer and actor
• 1944 - Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe, Belgian politician
• 1948 - Terry Pratchett, English author
• 1948 - Marcia Strassman, American actress
• 1950 - Jay Leno, American comedian and television host
• 1952 - Mary McDonnell, American actress
• 1953 - Kim Gordon, American musician (Sonic Youth)
• 1955 - Paul Guilfoyle, American actor
• 1955 - Nicky Gumbel, British author and priest
• 1956 - Jimmy Barnes, Scottish-born singer
• 1958 - Hal Sutton, American golfer
• 1960 - John Cerutti, baseball player and announcer (d. 2004)
• 1964 - Barry Larkin, Baseball player
• 1966 - John Daly, American golfer
• 1966 - Too $hort, American rapper
• 1968 - Daisy Berkowitz, American musician (Marilyn Manson)
• 1970 - Nicklas Lidström, Swedish hockey player
• 1970 - Diego Simeone, Argentine footballer
• 1973 - Elisabeth Röhm, American actress
• 1973 - Jorge Garcia, American actor
• 1974 - Penélope Cruz, Spanish actress
• 1974 - Richel Hersisia, Dutch boxer
• 1974 - Vernon Kay, British TV/radio presenter
• 1980 - Josh Howard, Basketball player (Dallas Mavericks)
• 1981 - Jessica Alba, American actress

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Michael Johann Joseph Brokoff (Czech: Michal Jan Josef Brokoff, 28 April 1686 in Klášterec nad Ohří, Bohemia - 8 September 1721 in Prague) was a Czech sculptor of the baroque era, working with sandstone. ... // Events Pope Innocent XIII becomes pope Johann Sebastian Bach composes the Brandenburg Concertos April 4 - Robert Walpole becomes the first prime minister of Britain September 10 - Treaty of Nystad is signed, bringing an end to the Great Northern War November 2 - Peter I is proclaimed Emperor of All the Russias... // Events July 24 - Spanish treasure fleet of ten ships under admiral Ubilla leave Havana, Cuba for Spain. ... Franz Sparry (April 28, 1715 - April 7, 1767) was a composer of the Baroque period. ... 1767 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1758 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... James Monroe (April 28, 1758 – July 4, 1831) was the fifth (1817–1825) President of the United States and author of the Monroe Doctrine. ... The presidential seal was used by President Hayes in 1880 and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii. ... Leopold I 1831 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1819 common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Ezra Abbot (April 28, 1819, Jackson, Maine - March 21, 1884,Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an American biblical scholar. ... 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... | Jöns Jakob Berzelius, discoverer of protein 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Tobias Michael Carel Asser (April 28, 1838 – July 29, 1913) was a Dutch jurist, cowinner (with Alfred Fried) of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1911 for his role in the formation of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the first Hague peace conference (1899). ... The Nobel Peace Prize Medal featuring a portrait of Alfred Nobel Lester B. Pearson after accepting the Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize is one of five Nobel Prizes bequested by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. ... 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Lucy Booth (April 28, 1868 – July 18, 1953) was the fifth daughter of William and Catherine Booth. ... For the England and Yorkshire cricketer, see Major William Booth William Booth (April 10, 1829 – August 20, 1912) was the founder and 1st General (1878-1912) of The Salvation Army. ... Catherine Booth (January 17, 1829 – October 4, 1890) was the Mother of The Salvation Army. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ... 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Karl Kraus (April 28, 1874 - June 12, 1936) was an eminent Austrian writer and journalist, known as a satirist, essayist, aphorist, playwright, and poet. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Lionel Barrymore Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Blythe) (April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was an American actor of stage, radio and film. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... Ğabdulla Tuqay (April 28, 1886 - April 15, 1913), the greatest Tatar poet, was born in the village of Qoşlawıç /qosh-lah-WETCH/, Kazan region (gubernia, guberna) in Russian Empire, nowadays Tatarstan, Russia near modern Arsk (Arça) town. ... 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... António de Oliveira Salazar (pron. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday. ... Jan Hendrik Oort (April 28, 1900 – November 5, 1992) was an internationally famous Dutch astronomer. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Johan Collett Müller Borgen (April 28, 1903, Kristiania – October 16, 1979) was a Norwegian author, journalist and critic. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Kurt Gödel (IPA: ) (April 28, 1906 Brno, then Austria-Hungary, now Czech Republic – January 14, 1978 Princeton, New Jersey) was a logician, mathematician, and philosopher of mathematics. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Paul Sacher (April 28, 1906 – May 26, 1999) was a Swiss conductor. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Oskar Schindler (April 28, 1908 – October 9, 1974) was an industrialist who saved his Jewish workers from the Holocaust. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Odette Sansom while in service of the SOE Odette Marie Celine Sansom (April 28, 1912 - March 13, 1995) was an Allied heroine of World War II. Biography Odette Marie Celine Brailly was born in Amiens in the Somme département of France. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Ferruccio Lamborghini (April 28, 1916- February 20, 1993) was an Italian car maker and the father of the Lamborghini brand. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Rowland Evans (?? - 2001) is an American journalist. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Kenneth Kaunda Kenneth David Kaunda, commonly known as KK (born April 28, 1924) was the first President of Zambia (1964–1991). ... This page contains a list of presidents of Zambia. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Nelly Harper Lee (born April 28, 1926) is an American novelist, worst known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird. ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Untitled blue monochrome in the style of Yves Klein. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Eugene Shoemaker at a stereoscopic microscope used for asteroid discovery Eugene Merle Shoemaker (or Gene Shoemaker) (April 28, 1928 – July 18, 1997) was one of the founders of the fields of planetary science and is best known for co-discovering the Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with his wife Carolyn Shoemaker... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... James Addison Baker III (born April 28, 1930), American politician and diplomat, was Chief of Staff in President Ronald Reagans first administration, United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1985 to 1988 in the second Reagan administration, and Secretary of State in the administration of President George H. W... Carolyn Jones (April 28, 1929 - August 3, 1983) was an American actress. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti, (Arabic ), born April 28, 1937 , was the President of Iraq from 1979 until the United States-led invasion of Iraq reached Baghdad on April 9, 2003. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Madge Sinclair (born April 28, 1938 in Kingston, Jamaica; died December 20, 1995 in Los Angeles, California) was a Jamaican actress. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... Ann-Margret Ann-Margret (born April 28, 1941) is a Swedish-born actress and singer. ... Karl Barry Sharpless (born April 28, 1941) is an American chemist renowned for his work on organometallic chemistry. ... This is a list of Nobel Prize laureates in Chemistry from 1901 to the present day. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Jacques Dutronc (b. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe (born April 28, 1944), sometimes nicknamed as Van Cau, is a French-speaking Belgian politician. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Terence David John Pratchett OBE is an English fantasy author (born April 28, 1948, in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England), best known for his Discworld series. ... Marcia Strassman (born April 28, 1948 in New York City) is an American actress who is best known for her role as Julie Kotter in the TV sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter and the 1989 feature film, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and its sequels. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jay Leno (born James Douglas Muir-Leno April 28, 1950) is an American comedian who is best known as the host of the long-running NBC television variety and talk show The Tonight Show. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Mary McDonnell Mary McDonnell (born April 28, 1952, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) is an Academy Award-nominated American film, stage, and television actress. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ... Gordon in 2005 Kim Gordon (born April 28, 1953, in Rochester, New York) plays bass and guitar in the alternative rock band Sonic Youth. ... Sonic Youth is a rock group formed in New York City in 1981. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Paul Guilfoyle (born July 12, 1955 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American television actor best known for playing Captain Jim Brass on the popular forensic television drama CSI. Guilfoyles other television appearances most notably include guest roles on Miami Vice, Law & Order, and Ally McBeal. ... Nicholas (Nicky) Glyn Paul Gumbel (born 1955) is an Anglican priest and author. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Two Fires (1990) Jimmy Barnes (born April 28, 1956 as James Dixon Swan) is a popular Australian rock singer. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hal Sutton (born April 28, 1958 in Shreveport, Louisiana) is an American golfer and captain of the 2004 American Ryder Cup team. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... John Cerutti (April 28, 1960 - October 3, 2004) was a former pitcher and a television analyst for the Toronto Blue Jays. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Barry Larkin in 2004 Barry Louis Larkin (born April 28, 1964 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a former Major League Baseball player. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... John Daly, after winning the 2004 Buick Invitational John Patrick Daly (born April 28, 1966 in Carmichael, California) is a professional golfer on the PGA Tour. ... Too Short, or Too $hort, (born Todd Anthony Shaw on April 28, 1966 in Los Angeles, California) is a rapper who started his career in Oakland, California. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Daisy Berkowitz Scott Mitchell Putesky, born April 28, 1968 is an American musician more famously known as Daisy Berkowitz and was the lead guitarist and co-founder of shock rock group Marilyn Manson until his forceful removal in 1996, during the recording of Antichrist Superstar. ... This article is about the band Marilyn Manson. For its lead singer of the same name, see Marilyn Manson (person). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... Nicklas Erik Lidström (born April 28, 1970, in VästerÃ¥s, Västmanlands län, Sweden) is a professional ice hockey defenseman in the National Hockey League, playing for the Detroit Red Wings. ... Diego Pablo Simeone (born April 28, 1970 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football midfielder, he is the most capped player ever for Argentina. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Publicity still of Elisabeth Röhm as Serena Southerlyn in Law & Order Elisabeth Röhm as Detective Kate Lockley in Angel Elisabeth Röhm (born April 28, 1973, in Düsseldorf, Germany) is a German-American television actress best known for playing assistant district attorney Serena Southerlyn on the television... Jorge Garcia as Hugo Hurley Reyes on Lost Jorge Garcia (born April 28, 1979) is an American actor of Chilean descent who first came to public attention with his performance as Hector Lopez on the show Becker, and as of 2006 stars as Hugo Hurley Reyes in the American television... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... ... Richel Hersisia is a Heavyweight boxer. ... Vernon Kay (born 28 April 1974, in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England) is a British television presenter and DJ. His first TV presenting job was on the BBC kids show FBI, a spin-off of Fully Booked. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Joshua Jay Howard (born April 28, 1980 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina) is a 6 7 NBA small forward for the Dallas Mavericks notable for being one of the biggest steals in NBA history. ... The Dallas Mavericks are a professional basketball team based in Dallas, Texas. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Alba in a poster for the 2005 film, Sin City Jessica Marie Alba (born April 28, 1981, in Pomona, California) is an American actress. ...

Deaths

• 1192 - Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem (b. mid 1140s), fatally stabbed by Hashshashin at Tyre.
• 1498 - Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, English politician (killed in battle)
• 1533 - Nicholas West, English bishop and diplomat (b. 1461)
• 1695 - Henry Vaughan, Welsh poet (b. 1621)
• 1710 - Thomas Betterton, English actor
• 1726 - Thomas Pitt, British Governor of Madras (b. 1653)
• 1772 - Johann Friedrich Struensee, physician of Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1737)
• 1781 - Cornelius Harnett, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1723)
• 1813 - Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (b. 1745)
• 1816 - Johann Heinrich Abicht, German philosopher (b. 1862)
• 1841 - Peter Chanel, French saint (b. 1803)
• 1853 - Ludwig Tieck, German writer (b. 1773)
• 1858 - Johannes Peter Müller, German physiologist (b. 1801)
• 1905 - Fitzhugh Lee, American Confederate general (b. 1835)
• 1926 - Zip the Pinhead, American freak show performer (b. 1857)
• 1936 - King Fuad I of Egypt (b. 1868)
• 1944 - Frank Knox, Former Secretary of the Navy and vice presidential candidate (b. 1874)
• 1945 - Benito Mussolini, Italian fascist dictator (b. 1882)
• 1945 - Clara Petacci, Italian mistress of Benito Mussolini (shot) (b. 1912)
• 1945 - Roberto Farinacci, Italian fascist (b. 1892)
• 1954 - Léon Jouhaux, French labor leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1879)
• 1973 - Clas Thunberg, Finnish speed skater (b. 1893)
• 1978 - Sardar Mohammed Daoud, President of Afghanistan (shot) (b. 1909)
• 1992 - Francis Bacon, Anglo-Irish painter (b. 1909)
• 1992 - Iceberg Slim, American writer (b. 1918)
• 1993 - Jim Valvano, American basketball coach (b. 1946)
• 1999 - Rory Calhoun, American actor (b. 1922)
• 1999 - Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1921)
• 2000 - Penelope Fitzgerald, English writer (b. 1916)
• 2002 - Alexander Lebed, Russian general (b. 1950)
• 2002 - Lou Thesz, American wrestler (b. 1916)
• 2005 - Chris Candido, professional wrestler (b. 1972)

// Events The Third Crusade ends in disaster. ... Conrad of Montferrat (c. ... This is a list of Kings of Jerusalem, from 1099 to 1291, as well as claimants to the title up to the present day. ... Centuries: 11th century - 12th century - 13th century Decades: 1090s 1100s 1110s 1120s 1130s - 1140s - 1150s 1160s 1170s 1180s 1190s Years: 1140 1141 1142 1143 1144 1145 1146 1147 1148 1149 Events and Trends Abbot Suger rebuilds the monastery of St Denis outside Paris, seen as the initiation of the Gothic... The Hashshashin (also Hashishin, Hashashiyyin or Assassins) had a militant basis as a religious sect (often referred to as a cult) of Ismaili Muslims from the Nizari sub-sect. ... For a wheel tyre, see the article under the US English spelling of the word, tire. ... 1498 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, (c. ... Events January 25 - King Henry VIII of England marries Anne Boleyn, his second Queen consort. ... Nicholas West (1461 - April 28, 1533), English bishop and diplomatist, was born at Putney, and educated at Eton and at Kings College, Cambridge, of which he became a fellow in 1483. ... Events February 2 - Battle of Mortimers Cross - Yorkist troops led by Edward, Duke of York defeat Lancastrians under Owen Tudor and his son Jasper Tudor, Earl of Pembroke in Wales. ... Events January 27 - Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed II to Mustafa II (1695-1703) July 17 - The Bank of Scotland is founded by an Act of Parliament of the old Scottish Parliament. ... Henry Vaughan (April 17, 1622 - April 28, 1695) was a Welsh Metaphysical poet and a doctor, the twin brother of the philosopher Thomas Vaughan. ... Events February 9 - Gregory XV is elected pope. ... // Events April 10 - The worlds first copyright legislation became effective, Britains Statute of Anne Ongoing events Great Northern War (1700-1721) War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713) Births January 3 - Richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. ... Thomas Betterton (c. ... Events George Friderich Handel becomes a British subject. ... Thomas Pitt (July 5, 1653 – April 28, 1726) was a British merchant involved in trade with India. ... Events February 2 - New Amsterdam (later renamed New York City) is incorporated. ... Catherine IIs soldiers in the Russo-Turkish War, by Alexandre Benois. ... Johann Friedrich Struensee By Jens Juel, 1771, Collection of Bomann Museum, Celle, Germany. ... King Christian VII Christian VII (January 29, 1749–March 13, 1808), King of Denmark and Norway, Duke of Schleswig and Holstein. ... Events 12 February — The San Carlo, the oldest working opera house in Europe, is inaugurated. ... 1781 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Cornelius Harnett (April 20, 1723–April 28, 1781) was a American merchant, farmer, and statesman from Wilmington, North Carolina. ... Events February 16 - Louis XV of France attains his majority Births February 24 - John Burgoyne, British general (d. ... 1813 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Mikhail Kutuzov Prince Mikhail Illarionovich Golenishchev-Kutuzov (Russian: ) (September 16, 1745 – April 28, 1813 (n. ... // Events May 11 - War of Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy - At Fontenoy, French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army including the Black Watch June 4 – Frederick the Great destroys Austrian army at Hohenfriedberg August 19 - Beginning of the 45 Jacobite Rising at Glenfinnan September 12 - Francis I is elected... 1816 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Johann Heinrich Abicht (4 May 1762, Volkstedt near Rudolstadt - 28 April 1816, Wilna) was a German philosopher. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Peter Chanel (1803-1841), Catholic priest, missionary and martyr. ... 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Ludwig Tieck Johann Ludwig Tieck (May 31, 1773 – April 28, 1853) was a German poet, translator, editor, novelist and critic, who was part of the Romantic movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. ... 1773 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1858 (MDCCCLVIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Johannes Peter Müller (July 14, 1801, Koblenz – April 28, 1858, Berlin), was a German physiologist, comparative anatomist, and ichthyologist not only known for his discoveries but also for his ability to synthesize knowledge. ... The Union Jack, flag of the newly formed United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Fitzhugh Lee in the Civil War Fitzhugh Lee (November 19, 1835 – April 18, 1905), nephew of Robert E. Lee, was a Confederate cavalry general in the American Civil War, Governor of Virginia, diplomat, and U.S. Army general in the Spanish-American War. ... | Come and take it, slogan of the Texas Revolution 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... William Henry Johnson, AKA Zip the Pinhead Zip the Pinhead, born William Henry Johnson, (1857 Liberty Corners, New Jersey – April 28, 1926 New York, New York) was an American freak show performer famous for his oddly tapered head. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Fuad I of Egypt Fuad I (Arabic: فؤاد الاول), King of Egypt and Sudan, Sovereign of Nubia, Kordofan, and Darfur (né Ahmed Fuad, March 26, 1868 - April 28, 1936) was the first King of Egypt in the modern era. ... 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... Frank Knox William Franklin Frank Knox (January 1, 1874–April 28, 1944) was the Secretary of the Navy under Franklin D. Roosevelt during most of World War II. He was also the Republican vice presidential candidate in 1936. ... 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (July 29, 1883 – April 28, 1945) led Italy from 1922 to 1943. ... 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Clara Petacci (Claretta Petacci) (February 28, 1912 – April 28, 1945) was a young Roman girl from an upper-class family who became Benito Mussolinis mistress. ... Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (July 29, 1883 – April 28, 1945) led Italy from 1922 to 1943. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Roberto Farinacci Roberto Farinacci (October 16, 1892-April 28, 1945) was a leading member of the Italian Fascist Party before and during World War II. Born in Isernia, Italy, Roberto Farinacci was raised in poverty and dropped out of school at a young age. ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Léon Jouhaux (1 July 1879 – 28 April 1954) was a French trade union leader who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1951. ... The Nobel Peace Prize Medal featuring a portrait of Alfred Nobel Lester B. Pearson after accepting the Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize is one of five Nobel Prizes bequested by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. ... 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Arnold Clas Robert Thunberg (5 April 1893, Helsinki – 28 April 1973, Helsinki) was a male Finnish ice speed skater. ... 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Sardar Mohammed Daoud Khan (July 18, 1909 - April 28, 1978) was an Afghani statesman and President of the Republic of Afghanistan from 1973 until his assassination in 1978 as a result of a revolution led by the quasi-Marxist Peoples Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA). ... The President of Afghanistan is Afghanistans head of state, head of government, and the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. ... 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Francis Bacon (28 October 1909 – 28 April 1992) was an Anglo-Irish figurative painter. ... 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Iceberg Slim is the pen name of Robert Beck (August 4, 1918 – April 28, 1992), a successful African American writer who started out as a pimp. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... James Thomas Anthony Valvano (March 10, 1946 - April 28, 1993), nicknamed Jimmy V, was an American college basketball coach. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Rory Calhoun (born Francis Timothy McCown Durgin on August 8, 1922 – April 28, 1999) was born in Los Angeles, California. ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Arthur Leonard Schawlow (May 5, 1921-April 28, 1999) was an American physicist. ... Hannes Alfvén (1908–1995) accepting the Nobel Prize for his work on magnetohydrodynamics [1]. List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physics from 1901 to the present day. ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Penelope Fitzgerald (17 December 1916 - 28 April 2000) was an English poet, novelist and biographer. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Aleksandr Ivanovich Lebed (Алексáндр Ивáнович Лéбедь) ( April 20, 1950– April 28, 2002) was a Russian general and politician. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Lajos Tiza, translated from Hungarian to Aloysius Martin Thesz (April 24, 1916 – April 28, 2002), better known as Lou Thesz, was a professional wrestler and multiple time World Heavyweight Champion. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Chris Candito (March 21, 1972 – April 28, 2005), also known as Chris Candido or Skip was an American professional wrestler best known for his participation in a World Wrestling Federation tag team known as The Bodydonnas with Zip, and his widow and valet Sunny. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ...

Holidays and observances

• Roman Empire - first day of the Floralia in honor of Flora.
• Bahá'í Faith - Feast of Jamál (Beauty) - First day of the third month of the Bahá'í Calendar.
• National Day of Mourning in Canada to commemorate workers killed, injured, or suffering illness due to occupational hazards and accidents.
• World Day for Safety and Health at Work, which developed from the Canadian observance.
• Arbor Day - legal state holiday in Nebraska, USA.
• Feast day of the following saints in the Roman Catholic Church:
  • Saints Theodora and Didymus
  • Arthemius
  • Saints Vitalis and Valeria
  • Patritius
  • Luchesius
  • Louis Marie Grignon of Montfort
  • Peter Chanel
• National Heroes Day - public holiday in Barbados in honor of men and women who played a significant role in the island nation's history, such as Sir Garfield Sobers.

For other uses, see Roman Empire (disambiguation). ... The Floralia, also known as the Florifertum, was an ancient Roman festival dedicated to the goddess Flora. ... As she talks, her lips breathe spring roses: I was Chloris, who am now called Flora. ... Seat of the Universal House of Justice, governing body of the Baháís in Haifa, Israel The Baháí Faith is a global religion founded by Baháulláh in 19th century Persia. ... It has been suggested that ugliness be merged into this article or section. ... The National Day of Mourning is observed in Canada on 28 April. ... Arbor Day is primarily an American holiday that encourages the planting and care of trees. ... Official language(s) English Capital Lincoln Largest city Omaha Area  Ranked 16th  - Total 77,421 sq. ... The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organising a liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with a saint, and referring to the day as the saints day of that saint. ... A saint is a term to refer to someone who is a holy person. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Catholicism. ... Saints Theodora and Didymus (d. ... Saint Vitalis of Milan, known as San Vitale in Italian, was an early Christian martyr. ... Peter Chanel (1803-1841), Catholic priest, missionary and martyr. ... Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers (born July 28, 1936 in Barbados), better known as Garry Sobers, was a West Indies cricket player. ...

External links

• BBC: On This Day

April 27 - April 29 - March 28 - May 28 – listing of all days April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 248 days remaining. ... April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ... March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in leap years). ... May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (149th in leap years). ... Condensed list of historical anniversaries. ...